What is Vid and Pvid?

The VLAN tag information is referred to as VLAN ID (VID). Ports on a switch are configured as being members of a VLAN designated by the VID for that port. The default VID for a port is referred to as the Port VID (PVID).

What is Vid in VLAN?

The VID indicates the VLAN to which a virtual network device or virtual switch needs to be a member, in tagged mode. The virtual network device sends and receives tagged frames over the VLANs specified by its VIDs.

What is difference between VLAN and Pvid?

A Port VLAN ID (pvid) is a default VLAN ID that is assigned to an access port to designate the virtual LAN segment to which this port is connected. The pvid places the port into the set of ports that are connected under the designated VLAN ID.

What is Pvid EdgeRouter?

The pvid value is for untagged traffic that arrives at this port, for example a PC plugged into the EdgeRouter. You can only have a single value for pvid defined. The vid value is for tagged traffic, for example the Wireless network that is tagged with VLAN10. You can add multiple VLAN values for vid. -Ben.

What is tagging and untagging?

VLAN-enabled ports are generally categorized in one of two ways, tagged or untagged. These may also be referred to as “trunk” or “access” respectively. The purpose of a tagged or “trunked” port is to pass traffic for multiple VLAN’s, whereas an untagged or “access” port accepts traffic for only a single VLAN.

What is Gvrp used for?

GVRP (GARP VLAN Registration Protocol or Generic VLAN Registration Protocol) is a standards-based protocol that facilitates control of virtual local area networks (VLANs) within a larger network.

What is switch0 EdgeRouter?

switch0 is the parent interface for the switch included in that particular model. You can freely attach any / all of the ports eth0-4 to that interface, and have them act as a semi-smart switch. Or you can detach all those ports, and have something like this: eth0=WAN eth1-4 = 4 different subnets.

What is VLAN tagging and untagging?